A Podcast about the life and times in Colonial America, presented in a fun and different way. http://www.themidnightridecast.com en-us Copyright 2009 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:09:58 -0500 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:09:58 -0500 http://www.themidnightridecast.com/podcast_feed hosts@themidnightridecast.com.com (Scott and Tom) Scott and Tom A Podcast about colonial American history. A Podcast about the life and times in Colonial America, presented in a fun and different way. Scott and Tom hosts@themidnightridecast.com No colonial,american,america,revolution,revolutionary,war,history,paul,revere,benjamin,ben,franklin,george,washington,abraham,lincoln,sam,samuel,john,adams,thomas,jefferson,historical,monument,monuments,lexingon,1775,1776,independence,independent,declaration,constitution,colony,colonies http://www.themidnightridecast.com/podcast/197 http://www.themidnightridecast.com/sites/default/files/podcast/show16-gilbert-stewart.mp3 Join Tom, Scott, and special guest-host, Wendy, as we journey to the new American Wing of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. We take a humerous look at a one-gallon silver beer stein by Paul Revere, and the beer-label portrait of Samuel Adams. Technology Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:55:03 -0500 hosts @ themidnightridecast.com No Please visit this podcast at http://www.themidnightridecast.com/ Join Tom, Scott, and special guest-host, Wendy, as we journey to the new American Wing of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. We take a humerous look at a one-gallon silver beer stein by Paul Revere, and the beer-label portrait of Samuel Adams. Please visit this podcast at http://www.themidnightridecast.com/ 0:32:42 http://www.themidnightridecast.com/podcast/44 http://www.themidnightridecast.com/sites/default/files/podcast/show 12 - patriot pastor 2.xml_mixdown.mp3 Join us as we have the Patriot Pastor, Garret Lear, (back for another interview, this time on The Great Awakening, which started around 1730 and was one of the precipitating factors of The American Revolution. Pastors like Jonathan Edwards (Sinners In The Hands of an Angry God) and George Whitfield (supported by Benjamin Franklin) traveled around the colonies, bringing the people closer to God, and the colonies closer to each other, giving them a feeling of union for the very first time. Technology Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:13:10 -0500 hosts @ themidnightridecast.com No Please visit this podcast at http://www.themidnightridecast.com/ Join us as we have the Patriot Pastor, Garret Lear, (back for another interview, this time on The Great Awakening, which started around 1730 and was one of the precipitating factors of The American Revolution. Pastors like Jonathan Edwards (Sinners In The Hands of an Angry God) and George Whitfield (supported by Benjamin Franklin) traveled around the colonies, bringing the people closer to God, and the colonies closer to each other, giving them a feeling of union for the very first time. Please visit this podcast at http://www.themidnightridecast.com/ 0:22:09 http://www.themidnightridecast.com/podcast/43 http://www.themidnightridecast.com/sites/default/files/podcast/midnight_ride_gettysburg.mp3 Join Tom, Scott, James, and his charming friend, Cinderella, as we journey to historic Gettysburg to discuss the bloodiest battle on American soil. After joking about the statue of  General Buford being waxed and blow-torched,  we visit the newly restored Gettysburg Train station, talkng to locals about the Ground Hog Day type time warp of the town they live in: in Gettysburg it's always early July of 1863!  Then we talk about the spooky Lincoln ghost train, and Robert E. Lee's worst mistake of the war. Finally, we fast-forward to General Dwight D. Eisenhower who retired to Gettysburg as we chat with one of his neighbors, comparing Pickett's Charge up Cemetary Ridge to the D-Day invasion. Technology Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:27:42 -0400 hosts @ themidnightridecast.com No Please visit this podcast at http://www.themidnightridecast.com/ Join Tom, Scott, James, and his charming friend, Cinderella, as we journey to historic Gettysburg to discuss the bloodiest battle on American soil. After joking about the statue of  General Buford being waxed and blow-torched,  we visit the newly restored Gettysburg Train station, talkng to locals about the Ground Hog Day type time warp of the town they live in: in Gettysburg it's always early July of 1863!  Then we talk about the spooky Lincoln ghost train, and Robert E. Lee's worst mistake of the war. Finally, we fast-forward to General Dwight D. Eisenhower who retired to Gettysburg as we chat with one of his neighbors, comparing Pickett's Charge up Cemetary Ridge to the D-Day invasion. Please visit this podcast at http://www.themidnightridecast.com/ 0:44:27 http://www.themidnightridecast.com/podcast/42 http://www.themidnightridecast.com/sites/default/files/podcast/show_14_a_trip_to_old_sturbridge_village.mp3 Join Tom and James as they journey back in timeto Old Sturbridge Village (http://www.osv.org/) a historical theme park set in 1830s Jacksonian America, when most government was handled at the town meeting level. It was a very self-sufficient time when most everything was grown or made close to home. Menlived their entire lives within twenty miles of their birthplace, the farmer down the road might also be a cooper on his day off, andand owning a horse was the equivalent of a Porsche 930 SE. As James and Tom wander the town, they find out what it meant to be a blacksmith, a cooper, what did kids do for fun back then, what sheep are like, and what types of punishment wereinflicted when  they disobeyed the young school Mistress at the one-room schoolhouse? Technology Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:20:45 -0500 hosts @ themidnightridecast.com No Please visit this podcast at http://www.themidnightridecast.com/ Join Tom and James as they journey back in timeto Old Sturbridge Village (http://www.osv.org/) a historical theme park set in 1830s Jacksonian America, when most government was handled at the town meeting level. It was a very self-sufficient time when most everything was grown or made close to home. Menlived their entire lives within twenty miles of their birthplace, the farmer down the road might also be a cooper on his day off, andand owning a horse was the equivalent of a Porsche 930 SE. As James and Tom wander the town, they find out what it meant to be a blacksmith, a cooper, what did kids do for fun back then, what sheep are like, and what types of punishment wereinflicted when  they disobeyed the young school Mistress at the one-room schoolhouse? Please visit this podcast at http://www.themidnightridecast.com/ 0:41:46 http://www.themidnightridecast.com/podcast/41 http://www.themidnightridecast.com/sites/default/files/podcast/TMR The Patriot Pastor 1.mp3 Join us as we interview The Patriot Pastor, Garret Lear: http://www.thewelloflivingwater.com and discuss the various separatists that settled Seventeenth-Century New England. Every kid in America knows that in 1620 the Pilgrims stepped off The Mayflower at Plymouth Rock. Then men in black like Captain Miles Standish and William Bradford, clad in buckled hats and shoes sat down with the rest of the Pilgrims to a tasty First Thanksgiving with Squanto and friendly Indians (and not-so-friendly Chief Massasoit).But just who were these hardy souls who braved the tempestuous North Atlantic only to hack out a distant, unknown wildnerness? Was their Mayflower Compact an early Declaration of Independence, placing a direct reliance on God and not King James? Why didn't they stay in civilized Leiden, Holland, where they found tolerance, safety, and modern prosperity? Why were they carrying The Geneva Bible of John Calvin? And who were the Puritans, who came ten years later on The Arabella, with John Winthrop proclaiming, "A City on A Hill"?Listen now and sign up to also access our extra content, containing more conversing with Pastor Lear about the hsitory of the Pilgrims, and the brewing of a friendly "Holy War" between Scott and the Pastor. Technology Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:19:03 -0500 hosts @ themidnightridecast.com No Please visit this podcast at http://www.themidnightridecast.com/ Join us as we interview The Patriot Pastor, Garret Lear: http://www.thewelloflivingwater.com and discuss the various separatists that settled Seventeenth-Century New England. Every kid in America knows that in 1620 the Pilgrims stepped off The Mayflower at Plymouth Rock. Then men in black like Captain Miles Standish and William Bradford, clad in buckled hats and shoes sat down with the rest of the Pilgrims to a tasty First Thanksgiving with Squanto and friendly Indians (and not-so-friendly Chief Massasoit).But just who were these hardy souls who braved the tempestuous North Atlantic only to hack out a distant, unknown wildnerness? Was their Mayflower Compact an early Declaration of Independence, placing a direct reliance on God and not King James? Why didn't they stay in civilized Leiden, Holland, where they found tolerance, safety, and modern prosperity? Why were they carrying The Geneva Bible of John Calvin? And who were the Puritans, who came ten years later on The Arabella, with John Winthrop proclaiming, "A City on A Hill"?Listen now and sign up to also access our extra content, containing more conversing with Pastor Lear about the hsitory of the Pilgrims, and the brewing of a friendly "Holy War" between Scott and the Pastor. Please visit this podcast at http://www.themidnightridecast.com/ 0:50:36 Pastor,lear,mayflower,pilgrim,pilgrims,settlers,cape,cod,new,england,colonial,american,history,era